Bible Questions Answered:
“...how much of the bible am I
supposed to read every day?...”
Wendy/ Macon, Georgia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Word:
For the child of
God, reading The Word, is not some boring ritual, it is a longing to
hear the words of our Lord and Savior.
Job 23:12 KJV (Spiritual
Nourishment)
Neither have I
gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words
of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Matthew 4:3,4
KJV
3 And when the
tempter (the devil)
came to Him, he said, If thou be
The Son Of God,
command that these stones be made bread.
4 But He
answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
John 6:63,67,68
KJV
63 It is The
Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: The Words that I
speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are Life.
67 Then said
Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon
Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast
The Words Of
Eternal Life.
69 And we
believe and are sure that thou art that Christ,
The Son Of The
Living God.
Reading
The Word:
Deuteronomy
8:3 KJV
Yes,
He (The Lord your God-vs2)
humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna,
a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to
teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by
every Word that comes from the mouth of The Lord.
Dueteronomy 17:19 KJV
(Commanded)
And it shall be with him (the
king), and he shall read therein all the days of his life:
that he may learn to fear The Lord his God, to keep all the words of
this law and these statutes, to do them:
Joshua 1:8 KJV
This book of the law shall not
depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
II Samuel 22:31
KJV
As for God, His way is perfect; The
Word Of The Lord is tried: He is a Buckler (shield) to all them that
trust in Him.
Psalm 1:1,2 KJV
1 Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of
sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in The Law Of
The Lord; and in His Law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 19:7-11
KJV
7 The Law Of the Lord is perfect,
converting the soul: The Testimony Of
The Lord is sure, making wise the
simple.
8 The Statutes of The Lord are
right, rejoicing the heart: The Commandment of The Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of The Lord is clean,
enduring for ever: The Judgments Of
The Lord are true and righteous
altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant
warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalm 33:4 KJV
For The Word Of The Lord is right;
and all His works are done in Truth.
Psalm
119:9,10,11,18,105,114,130,160 KJV
9 Wherewithal
shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according
to thy Word.
10 With my
whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
11 Thy Word
have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
18 Open thou
mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
105 Thy Word is a Lamp unto my feet,
and a Light unto my path.
114 Thou art my hiding place and my
shield: I hope in thy Word.
130 The entrance of thy Words giveth
Light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
160 Thy Word is True from the
beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for
ever.
Psalm 130:5 KJV
I wait for The Lord, my soul doth
wait, and in His Word do I hope.
Proverbs 2:6 KJV
For The Lord giveth wisdom: out of
His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 30:5
KJV
Every Word Of God is pure: He is a
Shield unto them that put their trust in Him.
Isaiah 40:8 KJV
The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but The Word Of our God shall stand for ever.
Matthew 7:24 NLT
Anyone who listens to My teaching
and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid
rock.
Matthew 7:24 NLT
Anyone who listens to My teaching
and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid
rock.
Matthew 24:35
KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My Words shall not pass away.
John 5:39 KJV (Diligence in
seeking The Lord.)
Search The Scriptures; for in them
ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.
John 8:31,32 KJV
(This is why the enemy, doesn't like to see anyone read The Word Of
God.)
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews
which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My
disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know The Truth, and
The Truth shall make you free.
John 15:7 KJV
If ye abide in Me, and My Words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
John 17:17 KJV
Sanctify them through thy Truth: thy
Word is Truth.
Luke 11:28 KJV (Jesus)
"...
blessed are they that hear The Word Of God, and keep it.
Acts 17:10,11 KJV (A sign of
nobility.)
10 And the brethren immediately sent
away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into
the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those
in Thessalonica, in that they received The Word with all readiness of
mind, and searched The Scriptures daily, whether those things were
so.
Romans 10:17 KJV
So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by The Word Of God.
Romans 15:4 KJV (Gives one
hope.)
For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and
comfort of The Scriptures might have hope.
Ephesians
5:25,26 KJV
25 "...Christ also loved the
church, and gave Himself for it;
26 That He might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by
The Word,
I Thessalonians
2:13 KJV
For this cause also thank we God
without ceasing, because, when ye received The Word Of God which ye
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in
Truth, The Word Of God, which effectually worketh also in you that
believe.
II Timothy
3:16,17 KJV
16 All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For The Word Of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
James 1:22 NLT
But don’t just listen to God’s
Word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling
yourselves.
I Peter 1:23 KJV
Being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, by
The Word Of God, which liveth and
abideth for ever.
II Peter 1:20,21
KJV
20 Knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved
by The Holy Ghost.
Our body lives by
bread, but our soul lives by The Bread Of Life.
Luke 4:4 KJV
And Jesus answered...saying, It is
written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word Of
God.
John 6:35,63 KJV
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am
The Bread Of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he
that believeth on Me shall never thirst.
63 It is The Spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing: The Words that I speak unto you, they
are Spirit, and they are Life.
Prayer:
Acts 2:21 KJV
“And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.”
